[Images of War 01] • German Army on the Eastern Front · the Retreat 1943-1945

[Images of War 01] • German Army on the Eastern Front · the Retreat 1943-1945
Authors
Baxter, Ian
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Tags
war , history , military , world war ii
ISBN
9781473880344
Date
2016-02-29T00:00:00+00:00
Size
15.27 MB
Lang
en
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After the defeat at Stalingrad in January 1943, the German Armys front lines were slowly smashed to pieces by the growing might of the Soviet Army. Yet these soldiers continued to fight gallantly. Even after the failed battle of the Kursk in the summer of 1943, and then a year later when the Russians launched their mighty summer offensive, code names Operation BAGRATION, the German Army continued to fight on, withdrawing under constant enemy ground and air bombardments. As the final months of retreat were played out on the Eastern Front in early 1945, it depicts how the once vaunted German Army, with diminishing resources, withdrew back across the Polish/German frontier to Berlin itself.